" Sri Lanka's former military commander says that he is prepared to give evidence in an international court on war crime charges against Sri Lanka.General Sarath Fonseka speaking to journalists in Colombo on Monday said, "I am not going to save anyone who has committed war crimes"."

Perhaps this is why he was arrested. It is possible someone is fearing for what SF knows.

(RTTNews) - General Sarath Fonseka, who lost to president Mahinda Rajapaksa in the presidential election, was arrested at his office in Colombo on Monday night, reports quoting witnesses said.

Gen Fonseka was meeting a number of politicians who had supported his candidacy, when he was taken into custody in a "very disgraceful manner," witnesses said.

Reports say the arrest was not unexpected, as government was mulling a court martial against Fonseka on charges of plotting to overthrow the administration.

Rajapaksa defeated his main challenger and former army commander General Sarath Fonseka in the elction held last month. Fonseka rejected the outcome alleging vote-rigging and lodged several objections with the electoral commission.

Within a week of his re-election, Rajapaksa dismissed 12 senior military officers for being a "threat to national security" and hatching "political conspiracy" during the presidential elections.

“He was dragged away in a very disgraceful manner in front of our own eyes,” Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakeem told Reuters. One of Fonseka’s security officers, I.P. Herath, confirmed the account of Fonseka’s arrest by military police.

-----------------------I should be the last one to defend SF after writing against him.

It is funny how SL cop killers and former LTTE Terrorists like Karuna and Pillyan are wel being treated by the government since they are now with the government.

"As Sarath Fonseka refuses to cooperate with Military Officers who came for his arrest on the orders of the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, and started to abuse the officers in utter filth as usual, the Army Officers told Asian Tribune that they had to force carry him to the vehicle."

- AT

how many sinhala tamil, muslim ppl were forced carried under the direct orders of gonzeka???

Now SF is behind bars. It is a moment of justice in one view, a moment of highest security importance as far as the "war crying" threat is concerned. For all fair reasons, the Rat is in cage, yet I am not celebrating.

It is a very significant decision to take him into custody. The higher sensitivity of the situ shud be handled properly, and the charges shud be proven transparently. Failing these charges shud set him free, yet that is a big big concern. It does not necessarily redeem him from his traitorous acts, however it will glorify him in support base to an unwanted high. So I hope that GOSL has substantial evidence at hand to justify this very critical act.

If not, it is a very foolish action.

Nevertheless, one good reason to keep him behind bars is his constant threatening and blackmailing to witness at war tribunals. Not all war tribunals used to bring charges against MR and punish him, some are there [kangaroo version] to redeem pussycats in the western mindset and lobby to lift strict embargoes etc. Although prior is hardly possible, latter is happening even today, so SF could have been a hen laying golden eggs to those ppl.

Considering the level of authority he had, and the kind of hatred he's fueled with, and the much he blackmailed, and the level of fake and lying he is capable of doing, ...... whoa... he shud be behind bars.

But I do not find it a moment of triumph, joy and celebrations. A part of me, even with cancer is a part of mine, and I mourn its loss.

SKtransparency? are you for real?SF has been held without even access to a lawyer, he was not arrested with proper military protocol, as far as i heard...nobody knows where he's been kept at and under whose supervision.his house was searched last night without a search warrant by the CID and you expect transparency????

" But I do not find it a moment of triumph, joy and celebrations. A part of me, even with cancer is a part of mine, and I mourn its loss."

I do not mean that everything happens within right procedures here. But beware that there are 1000s of black hounds of evil force 24x7 working on defamation. And for them, a small feather of a crow means a Pterodactyl.

SKend of the day...this is a very dark and sad period of post war SL that should have and could have been avoided...I am truly disappointed that people in higher echelons of the government and even military didn't do enough to avoid this whole saga...and the end of it all... the losers are only us and nobody else!

My view is that they tried their best, but SF was driven with a madness of ego and power hunger. But the true culprits are the hyenas who brought conspiracy into the lions. It is SF who fell into their trap. And it is SF who is suffering from the same.

i beg to differ SKSF was truly sidelined after the war victory and made CDS, a powerless title that only carried a title and no thing moreSF made a request to be the commander till the army celebrated it's 60th anniversary and that too was denied..In my humble opinion it was the government that took aim at SF firstsince SF too isn't the smartest tool around, instead of taking the challenge up tactfully...he lost the plot and lost the game...this what happens to military folks when they try to get into politics, a game reserved only for certain type of people

[[SF was truly sidelined after the war victory and made CDS, a powerless title that only carried a title and no thing moreSF made a request to be the commander till the army celebrated it's 60th anniversary and that too was denied..]]

I'm unable to confirm or differ here. It looks to me that the info available for me at public domain does not provide a substantial light on matters. Was it the govt who felt jealous with SF's rise and sidelined him? Or was it SF's ego which could never be satisfied.

In military, SF had not done a fair deal all over. He seem to be jealous with many good and performing ppl, whereas he was keeping do-nothing men in high seats. He was teh worst man to apply "horses-for-courses" although he finally turned a big one of the kind. in simple term leaving the army in SF's hand, regardless teh threat of coup, would still have been non-productive. Just like the greatest cricket captain of our nation running Cricket SL.

Had this been [my imagination] the case, well, govtis compelled to save army from the "dictator" commander.

But again I do not know for certain whether it was the case. But there are some facts leading us that way.

SF should have been court-martialed in July 2009, MR had acted like BodhiSathva. I am really angry with him for that since it could have opened an opportunity for this devile to be executioner President.

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me.

Warning for for anyone posting for this SL Government propaganda blog:

http://srilankadefenceforum.blogspot.com/

If your views are against the authors of this blog and also the government, the blog creators will try to decipher your posting ID, identify the person behind, and then report your activities to SL government.

Based on the level of violence they talk about, be very afraid!!!

Imagine if you are SF without political backing sitting in a CID cell........

/Warning for for anyone posting for this SL Government propaganda blog:

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If your views are against the authors of this blog and also the government, the blog creators will try to decipher your posting ID, identify the person behind, and then report your activities to SL government./

Pakis warns others not to blog there. But pakis himself can't stop bloging there with multiple IDs... Perhaps even CID may get confused with multipolar postings.. HIKz

Government say the man conspired to topple the government while in uniform.

In authoritarian governments he might just dissapear.

But in SL, he was allowed to run to the highest office, and later he was arrested according to the rules in a democracy.

Military rules are a part of a democratic rule of law, all democratic nations have militaries and there are special military rules to deal with military problems.

If we was not a military man , but was treated under military rule then that is undemocratic, but he was a militray man, his crimes were committed while he was a militray man, therefore military rule is the only way to prosecute him.

I dont think we actually have civil laws to deal with this kind of a situation. Might be a good thing for the next parliament to look into.

Sarath Fonseka was involved in politics from August 2009 to November 2009, while in the position of CDS. He was also accepting large donations from known fronts of the LTTE.

Presented with overwhelming evidence, state prosecutors had no option but to seek his arrest.

Officers had to carry out the order of the higher authorities. To manhandle a suspect into police vehicle is common practice, especially when the suspect violently resists arrest. Fonseka was kicking and punching the air like a pathetic child while being dragged along.

Those who are opposed to his arrest,

1.Was Fonseka right to participate in politics while in the trusted position of CDS?

2.Was Fonseka right to accept money from known fronts of the LTTE?

3.Was Fonseka right to enlist into his security team army personnel who had not been granted leave from official service or allocated to Fonseka's security apparatus (essentially, these people were deserters)?

"The decision to arrest and court martial the former Army Chief, and the manner in which his arrest was carried out, has shocked everyone who values democracy. Even at face value, the allegations made against General Fonseka are dubious, with the government apparently confused about what exactly he was guilty of (other than vaingloriousness, political ambition, paranoia, and foot-in-the-mouth disease, which are not really prosecutable offences). In fact, the official versions have been such as to challenge credulity: while a press release posted at the Army’s website informs us that General Fonseka has been “taken into military custody on charges of alleged fraudulent acts and military offences,” a government Minister has accused him of “direct contact with opposition political parties” amounting to conspiracy (while he was Army Commander, Chief of Defence Staff, and member of the Security Council"

Chaps, retired General Fonseka's arrest was made purely on his violations of military discipline. He was arrested under the provisions of Article 57 (1) of the Sri Lanka Army Act. No soldier in the SL Army can take part or engage in politics. He was Army Commander for four years and CDS for a short period. The person who holds the Army Commander or CDS post is a member of the National Security Council (NSC) of which the President as the Commander in Chief is the Chairman. The commanders of the Navy and the Air Force are also members of the NSC and important decisions on national security are made in the NSC. While holding such an important position retired General Fonseka had held talks with political parties violating the Army Act and military discipline. The connection with the Army does not cease immediately after anyone retires from the Army. Under the Army Law a person who had committed an offense while in service could be punished during the first six months from his date of retirement. General Fonseka retired only in November 2009 and is still punishable under that law. So my dear fellows, this is a matter of military discipline and nothing for anybody to worry about. Like my Pater used to say 'Move on sonny, nothing to see here'.

don't forget those who are now crying for gonzeka are the SAME jokers who cried for lass-antha THEN.

this is so even in the international community.

so fixing gonzeka for the lass-antha killing can screw all of them and more importantly SPLIT the anti-GOSL group BOTH in SL and abroad.

"[TamilNet, Tuesday, 09 February 2010, 11:03 GMT]Sri Lankan Police officials have claimed that they have arrested two former Sri Lanka Army officials in connection with the assassination of Sunday Leader Editor-in-Chief Lasantha Wickremathunge. The arrests were carried out following information provided by the Intelligence Unit of the SLA, police sources claimed Monday, when former Sri Lankan military chief and defeated presidential candidate General (retd) Sarath Fonseka was taken by the Sri Lankan military police for investigations.

Two other army personnel arrested earlier on the alleged plot to overthrow the government are being also under interrogation in regard to the killing of Lasantha Wickremathunge, Sri Lankan police said."

if this is real silenknight (not a body snatched by multipolar), mate, we are not here to become popular. i know the whole SF affair devided the PPL, but as the election result says it has NOT divided patriotic sri lankans much.

the bottomline is SF's conduct is MORE unacceptable than MR.

true, MR is more EFFECTIVE than SF but that does not mean SF is the lesser devil.

it is like 1939, 1958, 1971, 1977, 1980, 1981 riots in SL. ALL these riots were started by tamil racist political parties and their hooligans.

but at the end of it all, tamils suffered MOST.

but that does not mean tamil racist political parties that started these are INNOCENT or less evil.

2. SL used radiation to kill cancer cells and NATURALLY a little bit of good cells also died.

3. now the radiation equipment has got a mind to itself and playing havoc radiating good cells!!!

4. as a result some good cells are now burnt and dead. we MUST get rid of them. otherwise the whole body will rot.

5. some good cell agents we used to fight TE cancer cellsm are now infected with the same cancer. its also like the father who treated rabies caught rabies!!! this happens. they WERE good but now they got it. we have NO OPTION but to get rid of them, else the whole body will rot.

6. if you know a little bit of SLA challenges before 1995 you may be familiar with how we cut (they call it "amputate!!!) legs of soldiers in the battlefield, without any proper equipment and anesthesia. is SO FCKING horrible. some even begged to kill them than do the "operation".

but we did it. why????

if not we would lose the whole person. its the leg or the whole thing. this is the choice SL must make now. but unlike the leg this peice of SHITT called SF is not an asset to SL anymore. its a rotten cancer cell soaked in SHITT.

anoma is a bloody whore to say she doesn't know the whereabouts of gonzeka AND seek ICRC (international committee of the red cross) not the sri lanka red cross (SLRC), help to find out his whereabouts. this bloody slut visited gonzeka at the SLN apartments twice yesterday!!!

this behavious shows SF's madness to discredit SL has spread to his wife too.

you have not analysed the BENEFITS to the UNP if gonzeka was with them and troubles for the govt if gonzeka was free.

these are substantial.

1. although gonzeka's presence in the UNP threatens the positions of its high ranking members, it is BENEFICIAL for the UNP that was in TOTAL wilderness a few months ago.

2. gonzeka has the VIOLENCE factor more than any other UNPer.

this is VERY useful (practically) for an opposition party.

especially when in fighting reaches astronomical levels for the preference vote, 1,500 army deserters AT HIS COMMAND and DISPOSAL is a HUUUGE thing for the UNP. this can be used to unleash violence on UPFA, JVP while buddies are infighting.

generally when the preference vote infighting begings, outsiders are neglected.

3. gonzeka has INDEPENDANT connections with the west. we saw this at the last election. he can mobilise this ADDITIONAL clout well.

the opposition loses this DIRECT, ADDITIONAL clout.

4. at the GE, TNA racists are going to contest alone as ITAK racists.

they don't want gonzeka to spoil it. since TNA would not be permanant partners in govt.s its best for UPFA that TNA goes against UNP.

that leaves enough for the EPDP.

OTOH if gonzeka can get half the support he got from the north east for the UNP, that will be shitt.

e.g. at the 2001 GE, UNP got at least 6 seats from the north east.

in 2004 it lost 3 seats (half) to TNA.

in the absence of gonzeka this will happen again.

5. gonzeka has no additional baggage for the UNP. UNP joins with CWC, SLMC with HUGE burdens. 3 national list seats each MUST be given to these jokers. and they cross over to the govt anyway!!!!

in the case of gonzeka, only one seat for him. that too he would win it.

so no cost at all.

6. if gonzeka and/or his 40 arrested thieves spills the beans (they are but slowly), that can be used to SCREWW the traitors who are in politics.

this can TOTALLY ruin the UNP in some sections.

e.g. lass-antha

if gonzeka is free, he will ENSURE all witnesses are silent. he cannot direct them now.

[[can any single person supporting MR try n show that he and his regime is upholding Democracy in SL?]]

Arresting someone on a criminal act has nothing to do with democracy. If he was arrested in order to sabotage his PE campaign [which is still legallly right] you can say ethically it is wrong. But we cannot let him run free.

In the reverse question, can you say taht general's plan to reveal so called "war crimes" is correct? Or using sections of army for his campaign [some officially in army, others deserting to work for him] is right?

The punishment for committing war crimes was capital punishment, but in many cases, war criminals were sent to national prisons to live out the rest of their lives. At the modern international tribunals, capital punishment is banned, and conviction results in a sentence for a term of years. The convicted person serves his or her sentence in a national prison system, whose country has agreed with the tribunal to effect execution of sentence.]

--so that is why many fear SF and wants to get rid of him.

You fear your bad karma the most. Regardless who you put in jail, the karma will get you.

he was not given this even before he was arrested! after he chose to go against MR all the security was taken awaySF had to go to courts and later to the election commissioner to get security

2. the due process of the law will be followed to the LETTER.

3. law will be followed to the LETTER

:) oh yes... Sri Lanka is lawless than ever before. one man and his family is the law and they themselves are above it all

4. JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED on the deserving going by the existing SL law.

Justice????what justice for anybody that goes against the MR gang????what happend to that tissyanayagam fellow????Gota went on TV accusing him of being a terrorist and throw him in jail... and he did just that!what happened later???he was released without a charge just before PE :) :) :)two monks were arrested few weeks back on false charges only to be later released without a charge!Lanka newspaper was sealed by the CID and the courts revoked that!where's the justice?????even if SF is truly guilty or not of the accusations wont matter.if evidence is not there...it will be created!this is Rajapakistan and the rajas rule the way they wantand anybody who has an issue with that can go jump in a lake like you said

"well, very sorry. that's the LAW in this country made by chauvinistic, corrupt politicians for over 63 years."

so just because that has been our past it's ok to continue the same way is it???let me guess here MD... are you not residing in Sri Lanka????

I am against war crimes or any other crimes. I am agianst if our foreign thugs try to get Sri Lanka in to war path again by this or that means.

Since there were no big outcry against LTTE suicide killing and LTTE taking Tamil Civilians as human shield (yes there was a whisper of pretence) this outcry again the great hallucinator's (Remember the person who makes war crimes accusations says that he is the President of Sri Lanka) made up war crime should have another motive. This motive is to put Sri Lanka in war path again.

Now the war is over. We do not need to go to war over the war.During the war I insisted that civilian safety is paramount but the war cannot be stopped since civilians are getting killed. We just needed to take extreme care to avoid unnecessary deaths.

I am convinced that our true heros sacrificed their limbs and lives just to save civilian lives. I do not see that has been mentioned in the Western media.

So the aim is clear. It is to discredit Sri Lanka so that the True Sun God the second can take reign.

I heard that this True Son God the second was notoriously famous about a lot of killing. Then why does the West support him if this is truly about war crime. No this is about Sri Lanka and its refusal to surrender its Soveringnity to Vp.

If Civilians have been killed deliberately by soldiers that should be investigated.

If many other people surrendered are being looked after the so called surrendees who had been killed might have been attempting could have had other plans.

Any way in Ambalangoda SF claimed responsibility for this white flag thing. As usual now he tries to put other guys.

To clear the soul of Sri Lanka yes there must be a truth commission, but not now. What we now need is stability and development.

I wonder why these so called humanitarian were silent when Ture Sun God the First killed innocent babies, monks and took Civilians as human shield.

[Detained retired General Sarath Fonseka has been without medication for 24 hours while in the custody of the Military Police, his lawyer told Daily Mirror online after visiting the General last night.

Due to the injured he sustained from a suicide attack there has been damage to his liver. Thereby he needs to have medication every 6 hours, however until the time we visited him last night (9th) he had been without his medicine, Wijedasa Rajapksa told Daily Mirror Online.]

Daily Mirror!

karuna, pilliyan and the likes are enjoying freedom and under the protection of the army while the man who led the army to victory is not even given his medicine!

War crimes threat is not purely about taking our leaders to pa european prison. The big thing most of you fail to see is that, although it is not so easy to imprison SL's leaders, the unnecessary propa that this provides easily bails out tigers from many crimes. It builds an air of sympathy for them, feeding suspicion on SLDF and their conduct of war, and providing "evidence" to any international movement against SL, some even tigers set up. SF was laying golden eggs for eelamists in past two months.

It is not for him to dictate who is to arrest him; that is within the purview of the Government law enforcement authorities, military or civil.

He should know to comply immediately without resisting, if he wanted to be treated with respect. In the US, it is normal for authorities to immediately handcuff the person arrested. They routinely take all measures necessary, including bodily carrying the person, and restraining him with force, if necesary, during an arrest. It does not matter who that person is, once a legal order to arrest has been issued .. the subject must comply.

It is also a crime to resist arrest by law enforcement officers; that charge can and is usually levied against those who resist arrest.

Gen. Fonseka is no novice in these matters. As the former Army Chief, and later the Chief of Defense Forces, he was responsible for enforcing military justice. He should have known better than to resist.

Perhaps he was deluded by his inflated ego and vanity to believe himself to be above the Laws of the Land.

It is also curious that the former head of the Armed Forces had so little knowledge of Military Law that he was unaware that the Military System of Justice had Jurisdiction over him, until six months has elapsed after leaving the Service.

That is ENTIRELY consistent with his INATTENTION to REGISTERING TO VOTE in the Presidential election. What do we have here .. an illiterate of monumental proportion?

He also formed a paramilitary group composed of Army deserters, knowing full well that harboring deserters is a crime in Sri Lanka. He should have known better .. after all he was Army Chief and the Chief of the Defence Forces. These transgressions do not begin to define the full scope of his violation of Civil and Military Laws.

This is a man who blinded by unbounded personal ambition, betrayed his brothers-in-arms, allied himself with the stooges of his former enemies (TNA), and former terrorists who inflicted violence upon the people of Sri Lanka on two occasions (JVP), and a man who was ready to partition and deliver Sri Lanka, bound hand-and-foot, to its enemies (RW, UNP).

Please do not abandon your senses to emotion and embrace this foolish, unprincipled man who is now REAPING the consequences of the seeds of unbounded ambition and hate that he himself has SOWN!

I AM ONLY REQUESTING THAT, LET US LIVE LIVE IN A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY. RAJAPAKSA FAMILY HAS STOLEN ENOUGH MONEY OFF SL PEOPLE. I OPTED MAHINDA TO BE THE KING OF SRI LANKS SOMETIME AGO.

NOT ANY MORE .. HE IS NOT CAPABLE... LOOKS LIKE A ONLY A GREEDY BASTARD. IF HE WANT TO RUN SL, HE SHOULD TAKE A PAGE FROM PREMADASA'S BOOK. PREMADASE DEVELOPED THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE COUNTRY AND ALSO LET HIS MEN HAVE A CUT TOO. I SUPPORT THAT AS LONG AS SOME INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING THERE.

MR or GOTA should have said that ,they feel "SADDENED" about the arrest of General because he was the best general Sri lanka had,BUT he broke the law there for he must be punished. That would have defused the situation and possible election advantage to the UNP and Koti rala

Poiticians had two golden opportunities to bite the bullet and set the country back on track of real peace and development.Once after the Tsunami and secondly after the defeat of the LTTE in May 2009.

Instead what we see is bickering of one kind or another and politicised actions that have not only made SL, a laughing stock of world opinion but the general SL public are sick of the shenanigans.

There is no respect for the politicians.

Now we see demonstrations, use of tear gas etc similar to Burma, Iran.There is no point in blaming the West coming out with laughable conspiracy theories.Sri Lankans are to blame for this sheer madness.

The world is watching the unsavoury events occuring in SL.

I believe Fonseka is to face a Military Tribunal.This would enable the government to minimise media scrutiny, especially by the international media. It will also enable his prosecutors to substitute theories and suppositions, canards and charges in place of solid proof.

It is hard to believe that the politicised military of today will give a verdict other than the one expected by the political leadership.Sri Lanka's military justice system is subject to review by the Supreme Court.Again,the politicised Supreme Court is highly unlikely to go against the leadership has we have recently witnessed.

Rajapakse Inc is plundering Sri Lanka. Even Supreme Court judgments cannot rein in the Gang of Four when it come to crooked deals to line their pockets. His network of appointments based on nepotism alone would outdo any other President; couple that with his disregard for the rule of law and weakness for Mervyn Silva PBJayasundra and White Vans (for gentle extra –judicial “persuasion”) to silence his opponents.

The man was arrested for engaging in politics while in uniform, accepting funds from known LTTE fronts and harbouring army deserters. All three are crimes punishable by stiff prison terms. He was manhandled because he resisted arrest.

In a country where there is rule of law, anyone who engages in same activities as Fonseka would have been meted the very same treatment.

So, do these protesters want Fonseka released, without trial and without punishment, just because they support him? If so, what about law of the land? Do they want to build a culture of impunity?

I think deep down you know that you have a very slim to none chance of making some of the bloggers see eye-to-eye with your views. You can't change their minds and you know that, just the way we can't change your mind and we know that.

But why do you persist of being an annoyance? You finally admitted it in our last post that your are now pretty much here to annoy(take for a bite) the "parrots".

Why?

Did they hurt you so much that you want to extract your cyber revenge on them?

In the cyber world most bloggers leave when they don't like a certain blog, but you presist.

Why?

You can't change the "parrots" mind, so why fight a battle you can't win?

But you know and I know that I can't change you, so go ahead and make fun of us and disrupt the blog and call us parrots. I don't think anyone can convince you to stop.

Question has risen on the ethics of arresting and prosecuting Ex. General Sarath Fonseka (SF). There are some who thinks we should let him go on the basis of the service he has done to the country. There are others who think he deserves the treatment he got based on treason he has committed or he is going to commit. The biggest question is, if we are prosecuting SF, what about others who have already committed wrong doings in Sri Lanka? We all know Sri Lanka is a very corrupt nation. Is this a case of prosecuting a criminal or taking a revenging on someone who has potential political power in Sri Lanka in the future?The answer to this question varies since many different interest groups have their own opinion. Based on what is happening in Sri Lanka, this is a prosecution by choice due to the fear of SF. That fear is both political and what he knows as far as crime against humanity is concerned.Sri Lanka has created number or warlords due to the military culture we had to develop to get rid of LTTE. This is not a battle for the national interest. This is the battle among warlords. Therefore, when one warlord tries to take down another, what should the general public do?I'd say, we need to protect and preserve warlord culture. This is the only way we can prevent creation of a super warlord. Therefore we should all campaign for SF and ask the government to let him go. Cut a deal with SF not to testify against UN for his freedom and civil rights. At the end, we can offer him the multi million rupee SUV he deserves and did not get it with the mansion to park it. Let the liberation of General Sarath Foneska begin.

"A warlord is a person with power who has both military and civil[1] control over a subnational area due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. The term can also mean one who espouses the ideal that war is necessary, and has the means and authority to engage in war. The word has a strong connotation that the person exercises far more power than his official title or rank (if any) legitimately permits him or her. Under feudalism, in contrast, the local military leader may enjoy great autonomy and a personal army, but still derives legitimacy from formal fealty to a central authority."

What you do follows you Fonseka is the latest victim there were others who had the same fate before and there will be many more who follow after all we all beleive in re-birth but in our Dharmadwipa justice is within the persons own known birth.

look at gonzeka. did anything happen to him when he claimed security lapses???

NOTHING!

now he is goven total security. no harm can happen to him (other than self inflicted harm!!)

the PE election killed more than 5 ppl but not a scratch on gonzeka!!

re: law.

FYI, the following are crimes in SL law and in many other countries too.1. harbouring army deserters2. ARMING army deserters3. using them in political work4. using the position in the military against the military/national interests5. politicking while holding office. gonzeka did ALL these and ACCEPTED it. bugger even refered to army deserters as "my security ppl". uneducated of course!! but this has HUGE legal issues.

leave out his treason. these are enough to send him behind bars for a long time.

"General Fonseka harbored dozens of Army Deserters and Army absentees. The former Commander should have been aware that was serious offence. Knowingly he has aided and abetted in this serious offence. He also paid for these Army deserters monthly Rs.50,000/= a serious crime giving financial inducement to continue to remain as Army deserters and absentees."

re: medication

total BULLSHIT!!

who the fcuk is wijedasa rajapaksha??? the doctor who prescribed the medicine????

gonz failed to present any prescription so far!!!

we cannot let him have his GANJA dose in SLN quarters!!! even for that he should show a prescription!!

The ambassador, Dmitry Rogozin, posted the message in response to recent reports that Moscow's Cold War ally Romania had agreed to host interceptor missiles as part of a revised US missile defence system.……………………………………………………………………………………………US denies defense crisis with Russia

President Barack Obama's administration Tuesday denied a row over the US anti-missile shield was slowing a landmark nuclear treaty with Moscow, after days of sharp Russian criticism of NATO. Obama also pointedly contrasted Russia's "forward leaning" approach to confronting Iran's nuclear drive with China's more ambivalent stance, as Washington sought "significant" new sanctions against Iran."

4. was gonz directed by the US puppetteers to bash the SL navy following china in hambantota, TN fishermen complaining that there were chinese men among the SLN who ASSaulted them,SLAF/SLN trying many times to buy chinese 3D radars,.......

5. SUDDENLY USA gave SL a warship in 2004!!! although close to scrap, this was the first time we got such an important navel asset from the USA.

by then US knew of the chinese "necklace of pearls strategy" which was revealed by the CIA to NYT.

wow!!

6. at the same time US puppeteers directed gonz on an ARSE LICKING MISSION to china where he bought US$200 million worth military stuff from china. ridiculously HIGH. higher than the TOTAL defence capital budget of US$185 million!!!

obviously it does not make sense to SL, but to gonz's arselicking plan it made perfect sense.

bugger tried to brush aside ANY suspicion china may have had on him.

when the order was cancelled, the chinese company made NO GESTURE of disappointment. did they know????

7. gonzeka was ARSE fucked by the voters of SL. this was not given a big news status in china unlike in the pro-US camp. why???

8. gonzeka operated a RUSSIAN weapons buying and selling company from the USA!!! this is against the US law.

15 canadian tamils were arrested by FBI for supplying weapons to LTTE.

one jew and a englishman was arrested by UK last week for supplying weapons to SL. US has a similar ban selling OFFENSIVE weapons to SL.

US CERTAINLY knew gonz's company and what they were doing. it was in US trading newspapers too!!!

WHY oh WHY did the US follow a SOFT approach to gonz?????

9. gonz won a greed card in the DV lottery the first time he tried!!

mamamia!! how strange. they say its all (100%) computer generated but many have doubted it even b4.

did the US got their pawn close to them so that they can manipulate the bugger EASILY???

10. robert blake had MANY ROUNDS of "discussions" with gonz PRIVATELY in 2008.

MDcare to share a link...not daily news, asiatribune and the likes that says SF admitted all those crimes you say he committed and admitted to...ie: harboring and arming deserters etc etc...

and re: SF's medicineSF's camp says he hasn't got his due medicine for over 24 hrs when the case is that the doctors have recomended he takes the medicine every 8hrs...i watched rathu-ira program on TV recently and on that the UNP doctor fella said he takes full responsability for the claim and gosl hasn't allowed SF to have his medicine for over 24 hours from his "arrest"So it's a case of your word against theirs

and btw...how come gosl still hasn't charged SF properly and awaiting AG's advice on what to do with him?

1. the ratwatte case is IDENTICAL as far as the deserters are concerned. you know what happened and what SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

that has no relevance to this incident now does it?

2. here you get FIRST HAND info if you care to watch it till end.

i started to watch that clip and it appears to be a press conference headed by wimal..sorry but at this juncture it's a bit difficult to buy gosl propaganda cos they have all the reason to lie and make up stories. since the start of PE elections gosl have been making story after story and feeding that to people through gosl media

3. nope. that doctor's word has no validity. even my word has no validity for that matter!!!

well it's no secret the man needs medi care after all that shrapnel damage. gosl knows this more than anybody else cos all this happened while he was with the army.His family has requested medi care and as far as i heard...gosl has not heeded to that request.we even gave medi care to ltte's daya master when was on...did we asked for the presecription or a medical certificate to air lifet and get him to apollo and air lift him back????SF might or m ight not be guilty...untill he's proven guilty he should be treated as the general who lead our army to victory...

[SF himself over the TV with colourful words like kalawedda, paharaya, balla, " u katu kannage makka", etc. ]no argument here!!!he truly messed up and showed his inexperience!!!being in the military you can't really expect to be soft spoken bloke..especially a battle hardened man like SFbut sadly that doesn't work in politics..MR was very smart with it and never had to fight it that hard cos guys like mervyn and wimal were doing that job for him quite effectively

OTOH i don't think ppl like lucky algama, janaka perera, denzil, etc. used such words for the slightest provokation.

unlike some of them SF wasn't educated. they went to WESTPOINT but i don't think SF did.

we can only imagine how he had treated army officers and soldiers under him. the saying, "jonny in front, fonny at the back", makes TRUE sense now.

GR, knowing that elam war-3 is going to be the bloodiest (per year average SLA casualties) appointed SF. through him GR pushed his ruthless plans to victory.

initially in the northern front GR gave a daily harvesting quota of 15tigers, SF achieved it. then it was raised to 35 and again SF did with task forces, new brigades, multiple fronts, etc.

the MAD and MANIC confidence SF places on himself and his soldeirs through cruel and CRAZY command which we see now was a HUGE ASSET in war. this MANIC confidence played a role in winning the war although some others could also have matched it.

but when SF planned battles, they ended up in disaster.

e.g. muhamalai.

GR lacked the army "driving" skills of SF though he was the mastermind.

Where on earth did I say this? I am a free man, and I have my opinion on matters. Ball licking has been your act, licking teh balls of west, pussycats, UNP and any other movement which you can use to attack SL.

Most of you illogical points always turn towards anti-SL conclusions no matter what you say, like a compass.

I have no interest in discussion with you. And it shud be obvious for you by now, so I wonder why you waste your time, the whole 25 handles of you, whereas nobody pays attention to you.

[[Is this how you want to develop a nation?]]

As I see i don't have any interest in discussing with a lunatic in NZL, and I am not Lanka Sumithrayo for such matters. But evident again, the dissent you have against SL.

SKi maybe wrong but i feel that in MR's absence...GR took control of the scene and got SF in! and the rest is history in the making.

GR and SF are equal IMHO in terms of getting pissed off for the slightest thing, over reacting and giving their opponents a lead in the long run. I know lots of people are thrilled over the way GR handles media, especially the foreign media but IMO, him getting pissed off and jabbering like an idiot doesn't help anybody.I've seen a few interviews where foreign media people were interviewing Mahinda Samarasinghe and the reporters were trying there best to tick him off and make a show out of it...But Mahinda S was a step ahead. he never looses his composure, sticks to the point and deliver a strong message... Politely, smartly but still get the job done.Personally i prefer that kind of approach to the one Gota and even SF seems to take

Whoever does it, I consider manipulation of facts to meet a narrow end to be unethical. The people responsible should make a precedence for others to follow, and this does not seem to be happening now. Both sides have become blind by the hunger for power, a very sad situation when you consider the issues we have to deal with.

Putting myself in their shoes I find it humanly fair. They narrowly escaped some big danger in their lives. Just imagine some 1.8mill patriots did not think so on 26th and what would be the result now.

I don't care a penny for what they do to SF the traitor politician [although I still respect his past deed as commander] even bumping him off won't be that bad. But why playing into enemy's hand? Why don't you approach in a subtle manner and do the things that you can do?

For an ex; Why seal Lanka paper, whereas you can't hold on for more than a day?

Ranil;

I agree the need for thinking politicians and Mahinda S is one of my suggestions also for that qualification.

But you know why. Gota is a good military man, skilled in fighting and managing forces. I do not think [never thot] he's best fit for PR. Keheliya was the man set for the role and man who did it with extreme care.

If you tell Beethoven to make Eiffel tower you'll only hear the music of falling iron rods.

Remember your discussions with LTTE folks and finding how hard to convince facts.

De ja vu, isn't it?

Like the other guy above said, this is the war between Warlords.

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Whoever does it, I consider manipulation of facts to meet a narrow end to be unethical. The people responsible should make a precedence for others to follow, and this does not seem to be happening now. Both sides have become blind by the hunger for power, a very sad situation when you consider the issues we have to deal with.

Yes, the gov. has acted rashly on many things. They have the election in the bag, but still they are using excessive force to crush the opposition, this can very well backfire.

The government's objective should now be to increase the majority in the parliament, with the view of having a stable and a small cabinet to facilitate development.

The people who voted for SF won't change and vote for the govt. just because he was arrested. Seeing the suppression, the jaded Tamil people who didn't vote for SF in large numbers may very well decide that they should support the UNP instead of the Gov. This will not only not help the govt. but also help the LTTE proxies TNA to become strong again.

As for the General, I can't just brush him off as a traitor. I need to see way more evidence than the hearsay that is floating around. I base my perspective on the way SF conducted himself throughout (the strait talking nature, and getting the best out of his men) his military career.

But his major objective was defeating the MR clan, even by using the support of really unsavory characters like the TNA and some of the UNP, and that was just dangerous.

Gota is one of my favorite personalities. It is so sad that SF and Gota are now on two different sides.

e.g. if you hug an iron post when its hit by lightning, you die too!! not that the lightning struck you, but bcos you alligned with the wrong thing.

e.g. you sleep with a HIV case and you may get it.

and someone who didn't would not get it.

it does not mean discrimination. it is association.

if it was MR who alligened with anti-SL elements, we would be screwing him INSTEAD.

if BOTH SF and MR remains pro-SL, we would be pitting one against the other and support the MOST pro-SL guy.

this is the same stupid argument brought by tamil elamists in foreign countries. they say no democracy in SL bcos they cannot support the LTTE there. they can support the LTTE in UK, US, canada, aus, etc.

how dumb??

they compare apples with pineapples.

try supporting al qaeda or jamah islamia or jihad in those countries and see what happens.

that is the comparable action.

OTOH support al qaeda, JI, hezbullah, jihad, etc. in SL and NOTHING will happen to you!!!!

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rana's comments are deleted bcos,

1. he uses multiple handles which is very confusing.

2. no coherent arguments, just bashing bloggers and ADMINS!!

trying repeated bashing of DW admins and see what happens (if it is moderated).

3. DW is not moderated any more. so anything goes here in DW.

but as you can see, no discussion CONTINUES here in DW. the all ABRUPTLY end due to totally irrelevant comments by some bloggers.

in 1987-89 JVP did this but then the ruling party came to power again out of all the chaos!!

the important thing is to MAXIMISE own benefit in chaos. if this can be done, chaos is politically good for a political party.

anyway apart from about 0.1% of voters, other voters are not into chaos at all.

if the chaos kills some key anti-SL stalwarts like ravi kallathoniya, mongal homoweera, etc. that will be the icing on the cake. there are very few anti-SL stalwarts left in politics today. even they are under tremendous pressure from their families to go abroad.

[After next general election Mahinda will fill whole cabinet with his family members and try to rule SL with iron fist]

Is that the same way how JRJ appointed is son Ravi to virtually run the whole of SLDF and also how he appointed his nephew Ranil to become the PM (the biggest wimpish whoredog SL has ever seen) and how later he (Ranil) himself let the UriNePee "Colombo Mafia" run the casinos and all the "kudu" trade and also the child-prostitution trade, etc. etc. in Sri Lanka while he was intoxicated on "peace" with the LTTE whorecunts ???

But wait, it looks like you have a crystal ball when you made that statement!

I just hope the ball is not up your arse, ripping your rectum into shreds you RW=LTTE=SF whorebitch!

"This governmnet is not like any other, specially Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksha, when he sees a problem he faces it head on, by doing so on this matter he has averted another adversity that would have hurled upon the government and war heroes."

What you say above is arresting SF prevented investigation of top official on war crimes. So, to save few head in the country, the whole population will have to suffer due to international repressions.

Where is the wisdom?

The action MR took to take care of SF is REACTIONARY.

This is the tribal way of governing a nation.

That kind of actions has to be visionary.

One of the thing prevent a nation like Sri Lanka to have lack of visionaries is alcohol.

[As for the General, I can't just brush him off as a traitor. I need to see way more evidence than the hearsay that is floating around. I base my perspective on the way SF conducted himself throughout (the strait talking nature, and getting the best out of his men) his military career.]

well said Rover and good to have you back :)

Gone are the good days and sadly even defencewire team is get blasted by our "patriots" now :) :)

true but out of so many abuses...how many get to go to courts?police the CID are running riot closing down papers, beating up people all the while protecting government thugs...true when it eventually go to courts, the courts take the proper stand but upto that point it's chaos and police has become nothing but a bunch of thugs of the statewhichever side you are, i dont think that's a good development for sri lankans. ESPECIALLY for those who live here and have to deal with these thug cops

"now the problem SF supporters have is THE LAW, nothing else. if the law was silent SF would be free."

not really!IF SF is guilty of the crimes he's accused of, by all means he should be punished according to the law.Nobody should be above the law of the land!But, to this day almost all accusations against SF remains just that...accusations that are not proven. Even GOSL didn't know fully how to charge him when he was arrested and had to consult AG for advice...But still he's not proven guilty so he shouldn't be treated badly.

watch and read gosl media and you can see how they are handling this :)

"This governmnet is not like any other, specially Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksha, when he sees a problem he faces it head on, by doing so on this matter he has averted another adversity that would have hurled upon the government and war heroes."

What you say above is arresting SF prevented investigation of top official on war crimes. So, to save few head in the country, the whole population will have to suffer due to international repressions.

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This is why I like you.

As Barak Obama would say, you are a teachable guy.Looks like you are learing a thing or two from beeing here. You certainly have learnt how to build an argumnet, still not correct, but you are doing a good job learning.

Here is why you are wrong.

What you say above is arresting SF prevented investigation of top official on war crimes. So, to save few head in the country........................

Nope, read my blog with patience. I its not only the top officials in the army, the whole country. Government by arresting SF, saved the whole county from repercussions of international investigations, remember its not only the top officials, the whole army will suffer. Already after SF's first comment on Gota, our army has ceased to get invitations from foreign governments on training etc.If SF was to go on doing that kind of irresponsible talking, Tamil,-Sinhalese bonding will suffer, country could be threatened with many sanctions, international aids could stop, investors could stop, the repercussions are many.Government by acting quicly even disregarding their own political advantage has saved the country from this disaster.

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...............the whole population will have to suffer due to international repressions.

Nope the whole population would have suffered is SF was allowed to go on on his irresponsible rampage.

It is true that there is a certain international reaction to SF's arrest, which is disadvantageous to SL, but it would have been far more disastrous if SF was allowed to babble his lies freely.

The governmnet foresaw the problem, and acted on it. None of the previous governments would have seen it coming even if they did they would have been too timid to act on it.